The enoreous collection pottery in museum farm Hermans Dijkstra in Midwolda, Netherlands. The farmhouse is restored to 1900 period.

Pics of the restauration in progress!

Iron Age farm reconstruction in the Hunebedmuseum

#Dolmen #Hunebed Hunebedmuseum Borger, plus a neolithic farm reconstruction

No, this is not a real town but the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen, in Holland, where a town around 1900 is recreated from houses from villages around the former Zuiderzee, now the IJsselmeer.

Today meeting of the Dutch Napoleonic Society NAN in the fortress town of #Naarden

For reenactment you can’t use originals, but thanks to master pottery maker Aebele Trijsburg I can eat my porridge.

“Castle #Wedde”, in #Groningen, near the German border. A medieval stronghouse, now a hotel for children in need. Bishop van Galen made his headquarters here for a while.

Oh, great, taking a picture of a painting in a museum behind glass. This is Bernhard Johan Prott, defender of Bourtange in 1672 against the evil Munster Bishop van Galen. Died in Lutjegast, you know, where Abel Tasman came from, the guy that discovered Tasmania.

Diorama and city view of 17th century #Amersfoort, in the city museum.

All these officers of the Batavian Republic National Guard, are reading the Bataafsche Courant!

The 15mm scale diorama of rhe Siege of Groningen in 1672, made by members of my wargames club, in the St Martins church.

Near #Onnen, near #Groningen a skeleton prehistoric farm, as a sign for the long habitation history on the Hondsrug.